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06:46

Q: What's the word to describe "You reached the end of the list"?

There is a pagination UI on my website. it looks like: [previous page name] [next page name] When user reached the last page, there will be no the next page. So I am looking for a word tells the user "You reached the end of the list, no more page could show". I am considering about Last End E...

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Færd

08:28

The Strange Failure of the Educated Elite

Educ

Hi, Does anyone have this book pdf

archive.org/details/isbn_9780764145667

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Feeds

10:37

Q: What is a cool word for "carefully planning your future" or "treading carefully"?

The word can be from old English.

single-word-requests meaning word-choice synonyms british-english

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Feeds

13:32

Q: Is there a word for "non-parent"?

I'm looking for a word that describes a person that isn't a parent, either in a gender-neutral or in a gendered fashion.

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Cerberus

14:19

@Færd I'll read it.

Although I don't find it so very strange.

Mitch

15:03

@Færd Ugh. He's more annoying than the Guardian opinion writers. Full of false assumptions and thinly veiled stupidity dressed up in pseudo-academic nonsense. insinuating moralistic judgements like a drunk uncle.

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16:09

Q: another word for a dog's bark

I want to describe dog's bark. I have used the word "bark" several times, and want to use a different one. What's the word I can use? I checked thesaurus, but can't find one.

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Keep these mind

17:19

Isn't cunt something the English/Australians would use to describe a male person?

Færd

17:31

@Mitch Cool off man.

It's exceedingly familiar to me. Over here we too have got an education system that blows individual talent out of proportion and ties it in with with individual success in a way that is irresponsible to the rest of the society. That, plus other things, constitute a dysfunctional meritocracy.

The even sadder fact is that these privileges are not furnished to the smart people in an equitable way. There are other factors involved...

@Cerberus Yeah, neither do I.

@Keepthesemind Exclusively males?!

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@Færd Well, that's what I had always assumed. Calling a woman a cunt just sounds weird to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I've just heard guys calling guys cunts a bit too often.

Færd

I looked it up in about ten dictionaries.

Most included something along the lines of "an unpleasant person", even the American Heritage Dictionary.

M-W (American dictionary) had that only for men, tho.

@Keepthesemind Wiktionary agrees with you, however:

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@Færd Ah, that's funny. Because I was triggered by an American calling I. Trump a cunt.

Færd

17:46

> (vulgar, offensive, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK or Ireland, more usually a man).

Indeed funny.

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@Færd Ah, there you go!

@Færd Learned something. Thanks!

Or learnt. Whatever.

Færd

@Keepthesemind Maybe that remark had a misogynist turn too!

@Keepthesemind Me too, thanks!

Fun fact: "learned something" and "learnt something" will most likely be pronounced the same way anyway.

With a /t/.

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@Færd I bet the main site would disagree. Maybe that the 'n' is deeper in learned or that your tongue touches a different tooth or whatever.

Færd

What you're calling the main site is a periphery to this chat! This IS the main site!

Just joking.

But they'd be wrong, I think.

But it could depend on your accent too.

Feeds

18:07

Q: What would be a single word or phrase to describe someone who disregards society and its unwritten rules?

Maybe the English language doesn't have a word to describe this kind of person? Perhaps the word or phrase is another untranslatable language? (For example, Ukiyo: “The floating world” Which refers to living in the moment and being detached from all other bothers in life) Maybe someone here know...

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Færd

Here's my 20,000th message in SE chat!

[rounds of thunderous applause ensue]

Mitch

@Færd 'learnt' is very BrE

or at least -not- AmE at all

terdon

@Keepthesemind Not a native BrE speaker, but I've lived in the UK a few years, and I agree that cunt is far more often used to describe men. Or, rather, it can also be used for women but I would venture to say that it is significantly more offensive.

Maybe even to the level of offensiveness the word carries in AmE.

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18:25

@terdon Ah, so, according to you, calling a woman a cunt in the UK would not be considered a language mistake but rather (merely) a very offensive description?

terdon

Yes

Certainly not a mistake.

No more than it would be in any other dialect.

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@terdon Good to know. Could be useful. :)

terdon

I remember we used to throw the word around quite lightly when I was in university in the UK, but always between guys.

It wouldn't have been taken lightly if used to describe a woman.

Mind you, that was back in 98-02, so it might well have changed by now. I recently moved back to the UK, but I haven't heard it used so far.

Mitch

Feckless, on the other hand, is the insult of insults.

If only I knew what it means.

I'm sure it's bad

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@Mitch lol

terdon

18:31

onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/cunt

That seems about right.

Derogatory term for a woman, but milder definitions when used to describe men.

@Mitch You mean you would call asshole "feckless"?

Why would you want to insult an insult, anyway?

Mitch

18:50

@terdon You mean like the beer of beers? Why would a beer choose to consume another beer? Surely to get rid of the competition.

terdon

heh

It's enough to give one zythophobia.

Mitch

@terdon or worse, parazythophobia

which is obviously...

near beer fear

Educ

Izana wistaria

@Educ Hi. What's up?

@Mitch Is that even a word?

Mitch

@Izanawistaria it is now

Izana wistaria

19:01

Google says it isn't a word, I'm so confused

Mitch

if feckless is a word then parazythophobia is a word

Izana wistaria

No offense to any, but I'm bad at pulling new words out of my a&&

Ahh

Parasitophobia is a word

Mitch

oh feck it

Izana wistaria

I got that as a result

Oh yeah, feck that.

Mitch

Google is great

I put in 'jksdflkj'

got 15 results

Izana wistaria

19:03

hah

Mitch

there's nothing new under the sun

Izana wistaria

There is

Always

I think

Mitch

May 17 '17 at 19:08, by Mitch

there's nothing new under the sun

Izana wistaria

There are so many things we don't know about that are under the sun.

Mitch

sigh

Izana wistaria

19:04

The sun itself. It is so complicated.

Mitch

I will grant you fully that there are some things that are new that are not under the sun...

Izana wistaria

So are they under the moon or something?

I mean yeah, could be. Possible.

Mitch

under a rock

Izana wistaria

Oh, clever

But still, a rock is under a sun

Mitch

the same place as where you can find all those feckful things

Izana wistaria

19:06

In a way it is

Mitch

or just one feck

same place as ruths

Izana wistaria

You mean fecking things?

What's feckful?

Mitch

no, just one feck

Izana wistaria

Mitch

@Izanawistaria the opposite of feckless

obviously

Izana wistaria

19:07

hah

Mitch

haha

jajajaja

(that was in spanish)

Izana wistaria

55555?

Mitch

haha ... you know Thai?

Izana wistaria

Not in Thai?

Jinx.

Nah I don't

Mitch

哈哈哈

(that's Chinese)

Izana wistaria

19:10

I can't see that. Is that from your mobile?

I thought it was some figure or something

By Chinese you mean Mandarin or Cantonese?

Mitch

probably works in both

Izana wistaria

Why do you use small letter to start your sentences here?

I only type that way when I am being very lazy

like this

Mitch

I think you got me exactly

i'm lazy

Izana wistaria

Well, I don't have anything of substance to say now. I hope that's fine.

If we are having a good time then that's something of substance too I think?

I don't know

Mitch

That's how lazy I am

Educ

19:23

@Izanawistaria i'm doing well

and u

Izana wistaria

@Educ I'm great

Færd

20:11

So the first floor is the ground floor in the US?

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Færd

21:19

Why did she highlight those "I this, I that" parts?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive body detected: I would like to know some Aussie slang terms for well... diarrhoea! by Brown Water Boy on english.SE

KannE

@Mitch News flash: In the 80's, girls dressed like Madonna called their best friends the C-word every day, not BFF. Like...Can I borrow your polka-dot bra? No, you c***, I'm gonna wear it--gah! We were so powerful and honest then, beautiful and nurturing--not so much.

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